Famous people born on 3 January

• J. R. R. TolkienEnglish writer and philologist · 1892–1973
  81 yrs
• Clement AttleePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 · 1883–1967
  84 yrs
• Sergio LeoneItalian filmmaker · 1929–1989
  60 yrs
• Ngô Đình DiệmSouth Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963 · 1901–1963
  62 yrs
• August Macke ↗German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter · 1887–1914
  27 yrs
• Pietro Metastasio ↗Italian poet and librettist · 1698–1782
  84 yrs
• László Sólyom ↗Politician and former President of Hungary · 1942–2023
  81 yrs
• Gordon Moore ↗American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation · 1929–2023
  94 yrs
• Pola Negri ↗Polish actress · 1897–1987
  90 yrs
• Wilhelm Pieck ↗German communist politician, president of GDR · 1876–1960
  84 yrs
• Ray Milland ↗British actor · 1907–1986
  79 yrs
• George Martin ↗English record producer · 1926–2016
  90 yrs
• Father Damien ↗19th century Belgian Roman Catholic priest and saint · 1840–1889
  49 yrs
• Grace Coolidge ↗First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929 · 1879–1957
  78 yrs
• Josephine Hull ↗American stage and film actress · 1877–1957
  80 yrs
• Alexey Stakhanov ↗Soviet miner, namesake of Stakhanovite movement · 1906–1977
  71 yrs
• Anna May Wong ↗Chinese American actress · 1904–1961
  57 yrs
• Lucretia Mott ↗American quaker missionary · 1793–1880
  87 yrs
• Vesna Vulović ↗Serbian former flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute · 1950–2016
  66 yrs
• Goo Hara ↗South Korean pop singer · 1991–2019
  28 yrs
• Elisa Bonaparte ↗French princess · 1777–1820
  43 yrs
• Robert Loggia ↗American actor · 1930–2015
  85 yrs
• Sakamoto Ryōma ↗Japanese samurai and politician · 1836–1867
  31 yrs
• Savitribai Phule ↗Indian social reformer · 1831–1897
  66 yrs
• James Wolfe ↗British Army officer · 1727–1759
  32 yrs
• Muhammad bin Qasim ↗Umayyad Hijazi general and governor · AD 696–715
  19 yrs
• Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ↗French writer · 1893–1945
  52 yrs
• Victor Borge ↗Danish comedian and pianist · 1909–2000
  91 yrs
• Eric Voegelin ↗American philosopher · 1901–1985
  84 yrs
• Bobby Hull ↗Canadian ice hockey player · 1939–2023
  84 yrs
• Dabney Coleman ↗American actor · 1932–2024
  92 yrs
• Jaswant Singh ↗Indian politician and retired army officer · 1938–2020
  82 yrs
• Nguyễn Du ↗Vietnamese poet · 1766–1820
  54 yrs
• John Sturges ↗American film director · 1910–1992
  82 yrs
• Louis Poinsot ↗French mathematician and physicist · 1777–1859
  82 yrs

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